Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 255: Chapter 254 Strange Patterns

The bearded man stroked his beard and chuckled lightly, ”That’s right, it’s right here.”

”You mean inside this valley?” Wang Shao walked to the edge of the platform and looked down, it was quite deep. The night was very dark, and he couldn’t see clearly what was below.

”No!” The bearded man shook his head: ”It’s on the cliffside.”

”The cliffside?” Wang Shao was surprised. ”Are you kidding? Who would build a tomb in such a place? How would descendants go there to pay their respects?”

”It’s true.” The bearded man said: ”The location of this cave is nine feet and three inches below this cliffside. If I’ve calculated correctly, going down there should lead to a cave, and the tomb is built inside that cave!”

”Really?” Filled with doubt, Wang Shao walked to the edge of the cliff and had several of his men prepare ropes to go down and explore.

After not too long, someone from below shouted with excitement, ”Wang Shao, there really is a cave here!”

The bearded man’s face lit up with pride as he stroked his beard and laughed: ”Wang Shao, how about it, was I wrong?”

”You indeed have some skills!” Wang Shao nodded and said, ”Let’s go, let’s have a look inside!”

One after another, the group descended the ropes, but Su Yang didn’t use the rope and directly performed the Emperor’s Skywalk, silently slipping into the cave behind them.

Su Yang’s calculated position was also here, but when he made his calculations, he distinctly felt that the spiritual energy underground was somewhat chaotic, which was very strange.

This cave was quite hidden, concealed behind some vines. Only by clearing away the vines could one discover it. If one were not deliberately searching, they would never know there was a cave nearby.

Inside, the cave was deep, and the further in they went, the more spacious it became. Eventually, the space was as large as a basketball court.

”Is this a tomb?” Wang Shao frowned and asked.

The bearded man was also confused: ”It should be, right?”

”Who digs such a big hole for a tomb?” Wang Shao said. ”And without setting any traps, why dig such a big pit?”

The bearded man couldn’t come up with an answer and whispered, ”Who cares if it’s a tomb or not, the most important thing is if there is treasure inside.”

”I hope so!” Wang Shao said with a frown as he moved forward.

Su Yang followed behind, and his gaze was mostly attracted to the engravings on the stone walls on either side.

The engravings were some rather weird patterns that the average person could not decipher. However, Su Yang could understand them because the lines of these patterns coincided with some of the exercises detailed in the Destiny’s Tome.

In fact, the trajectory of these lines could make the exercises in the Destiny’s Tome even more complete. Some parts that Su Yang had not quite understood were now fully comprehended after seeing these patterns.

Surprised, Su Yang didn’t know the origin of the Destiny’s Tome but was sure it was not ordinary. And the patterns in this cave matching the Destiny’s Tome was very strange.

Who had left these patterns? Did the person who left them also have seen the Destiny’s Tome?

After travelling for half an hour, they finally reached the end of the cave. At the end, instead of a tomb, there was a small stone chamber.

The stone chamber was quite empty except for a cushion placed right in the center. Now, sitting cross-legged on the cushion was a skeletal frame. A longsword pierced through the chest of the withered bones, indicating that the person had been stabbed to death.

”This is the place!” The bearded man’s spirits lifted: ”Wang Shao, look, there’s a dead person here!”

”This doesn’t look like a tomb, does it?” Wang Shao frowned and said.

”Not necessarily a tomb, the person living in such a secluded place must be extraordinary,” the bearded man said. ”Perhaps, the sword in his chest is a magic artifact!”

”Really?” Wang Shao hesitated, turned to the young man beside him, and said, ”Take it out and let’s have a look.”

”Okay!” The young man immediately ran over, grabbed the hilt, and tried to pull it out with force.

The longsword did not come out, but the skeletal frame was pulled up, toppling onto him.

The young man was startled and struggled frantically, kicking the skeleton away in panic. After several unsuccessful attempts to pull out the longsword, he felt embarrassed. He kicked the skeleton several times and cursed, ”Damn, you dare to scare me?”

From a distance, Su Yang narrowed his eyes slightly, finally sensing the main reason for the disturbance in the spiritual energy here. After the skeleton was pulled up, the chaos in the spiritual energy worsened, clearly connected to the skeleton.

This skeleton was definitely not simple!

”Wang Shao, I’m afraid it’s time for you to take action,” the bearded man whispered. ”To extract this superior magical artifact, you probably need to be at the Fusion Realm.”

”Then I’ll give it a try!” Wang Shao nodded, walked over, took a deep breath, grabbed the longsword, and with a forceful pull, he actually extracted the sword.

Wang Shao was full of pride and just about to inspect it closely when suddenly, a crisp sound echoed around them, as if the sound of bones snapping.

”What the hell?” Everyone was astonished and hastily looked around.

”Damn, what... what’s going on?” someone suddenly exclaimed in shock.

Following his gaze, they saw the skeleton that had been kicked away was slowly standing back up.

It stretched out its withered bone hands, grabbed its own head, gave it a hard twist to realign the dislocated neck. Then, opening its tooth-filled mouth, it started to cackle eerily.

Everyone’s complexion changed; this was nothing but withered bones, how could it still be alive?

”This... this... what is this thing?” Wang Shao was stunned too. Although he had the strength of the Fusion Realm, he had never witnessed such a phenomenon.

”Withered bones resurrecting, this... this is the work of an immortal...” the bearded man stuttered in fear. ”My master was right, my master was right...”

”What did your master say!” Wang Shao urgently demanded. ”Are you freaking hiding something from me?”

”Wang Shao, how could I dare to hide anything from you?” the bearded man replied anxiously. ”But if my master had this map for so long and did not retrieve it, there must be a reason. If there’s no mechanism here, it can only mean that the items here are worthless!”

”That makes sense!” Wang Shao nodded, looked at the skeleton, and asked with a furrowed brow, ”So what exactly is this thing?”

”It’s likely just a mechanism. As cultivators, we all know there’s no such thing as ghosts and gods. It’s all about strength,” the bearded man said. ”This skeleton doesn’t emit much power either, we can destroy it if we all attack together.”

”Is that so?” Wang Shao was half-convinced.

”That’s all we can do now!” the bearded man said. ”We have already disturbed it, and if we don’t destroy it, I reckon we won’t be able to leave!”

Wang Shao nodded, then turned to the others and said sternly, ”Alright, what’s there to be afraid of? Let’s all go together and deal with this thing first!”

Having said that, Wang Shao led the charge, lifting his foot and kicking towards the skeleton.